Grace Smith

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“In Search of Warmth” by Grace Smith

Submitted to Contest #291

I still remember how she squirmed, her body twisted and shaking. I hated seeing her in pain. I wished that I could absorb it, wished I could take it all away from her. She was hurting and that hurt me. When my sister Melodie finally succumbed to her illness, she was 19. It was sudden and at that time I hadn't thought of death as a sudden thing.Melodie and I were 3 years apart, I was just 16 when she died. The day I lost my sister was the same day I lost my mother. The years after Melodie died were filled with Mother hovering in and out of my...

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